The corporate vice president
for phones at Microsoft, Jo Harlow, said, “Our newest Lumia devices build on
our momentum in the affordable smartphones space. With the Lumia 640 and Lumia
640 XL, we continue to make innovation accessible to more people. We have
packaged competitive hardware with innovative Windows software and Microsoft
services to help you achieve more, wherever and whenever you want.”

Microsoft has also said that
these smartphones will be able to run Windows 10 when is released later this
year. It remains to be seen what impact that has upon the snappiness of the two
smartphones.

The two handsets feature a quad-core
Snapdragon processor running at 1.2 GHz – pretty snappy for a budget
smartphone. They’ll also come with 1 GB of RAM and screens with a resolution of
720p.

What differentiates both
devices is that the XL comes with a 5.7 inch screen and a 13 megapixel
Zeiss-lens camera. That compares to the regular Lumia 640’s 5 inch screen and
eight megapixel camera.Both of the phones come with a one-year subscription to
Office 365 Personal Edition.

Despite a big bump in specs,
there doesn’t appear to be a big bump in price. Microsoft has not yet announced
what each phone will cost in the UK, however they have said that the Lumia 640
will start at €139 (N 30,000.00) while the 640 XL will start at €189
(N38,000.00).